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Moonlet has decided he likes ACDC. Today he popped in his new favorite CD and told me "I like The Jack, where’s my cup?"
We are now listening to The Jack for the 15th consecutive time.
All is good in Moonville.
I’m terribly into politically based movies these days. I’m spending too much time watching classics like Dumbo, The Incredibles, and The Polar Express. However, my friend –H apparently thinks Munich is one worth mentioning. Here’s his take on it:
The opening credit said "inspired by true events" but I read that Munich is based on the book Vengeance. Now how much of the truth was written in the book itself, I don’t know.
Back to the movie, I think it’s a really good movie — something that I had hoped "Syriana
" would have been, or did I go in with a lower expectation after "Syriana", I’m not sure. It could have got some trimmings here and there to make it shorter and even better, though.
It’s very intense (as I think it should be, it is no light matter, after all) and I think the portrayal is pretty even handed to both sides (Israelis and Palestinians, if one has to ask). A lot of self-questioning remarks from Bana and his team members (which I should revisit when I bought the DVD and catch them again with subtitles).
Eric Bana’s acting is class here (why did he ever take the project in The Hulk
In a year when my favorite movie so far is "The 40 Year Old Virgin" — I haven’t seen almost everyone’s consensus of the best movie this year "Brokeback Mountain" — I can say that "Munich" is my pick for the best movie I’ve seen this year.
*** SPOILER ***
One particular scene was during the operation in Lebanon, when a young Israeli army member introduced himself to Bana’s character "I am Ehud Barak", who later became one of the Israeli PM. Wikipedia has something on this operation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Spring_of_Youth
Very quick scene, almost non-catchy — watch for this one on the movie.
Based on his take of Munich, and my take on his opinions, I’ll see the movie. This is the kind of comments I’d like to have a lot more of on The Webdream. Thanks –H! Hope you didn’t mind me stealing your link and running with it. I couldn’t resist!
( I’ll have to chime in I have no desire whatsoever to see Brokeback Mountain. None. Can anyone give me a reason that I might?
I recently stumbled upon another less than flattering pic of Paris Hilton. Upon showing this to Mrs. Moon and her coworkers, a debate ensued. The only way I know to resolve it is to, of course, take a poll! Here goes:
Storm sent me these pics with a warning that he would never ever get on something like this:
Now, I’ve got a long history of riding anything put in front of me. I am so excited by the looks of this thing a trip to Ohio is probably in order for next summer. ( Watch the video, it doesn’t look as bad as the pics make it out to be! ) I’ll post a video after I take it for a spin.
In this case, there are six of them:
Sounds like some pretty sharp parents and some pretty stupid kids. I would like to think the kids learned the most valuable lesson in the business world: CYA.
Just in time to make my day a little more enjoyable than it already was, Slate has issued their Top 20 movies of 2005:
I really don’t know if this is a joke or not. But I laughed regardless.
MSNBC tackled a few of the
worst movies of 2005. Movies so bad you have to see them to believe it.�
Their list includes:
However, to cut to the quick, Hollywood has cranked out awful movies that you
love the day they opened their doors. My personal favorite, the worst
movie ever made that you HAVE to have:
Nuff said.
Rolling Stone did a list of the Top 500 albums of all time a while back. At first glance, it looks kinda contrived. Needless to say, it had a LOT of stuff on there that I felt wasn’t merited ( all rap for instance ). However, whenever I trash some obscure band that contributed nothing in the long term to the history of music, I get whiners telling me they are greater than The Beatles. So, rather than doing that, I thought I’d go with a synopsis type thing.
The Top 10 albums:
| rank | album | band |
|---|
Now that’s a list I can live with. How many people here would have guessed Brian Eno is the all-time greatest album maker? ( I have stated it before, but I like seeing it quantified ).
Just wanted to take a moment and wish everyone here a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!
